Student Policy Handbook

Academic Policies and Procedures  

• Admissions, Registration/Enrollment, Grade Policies   

  • Admissions     
  • Alumni Enrollment   
  • Concurrent Enrollment  
  • Course Add/Drop  
  • Course/Seminar/Session Cancellations   
  • Enrollment Statuses and Registration Limits   
  • Faculty Assignments and Continued Enrollment   
  • Grades and Credit    
  • Leaves and Withdrawals  
  • Re-enrollment  
  • Session Registration  
  • Transcripts   
  • Transferring Your Program of Study  

• Doctoral and Dissertation Policies  

  • Advancement to Doctoral Candidacy    
  • Dissertation Committee Formation   
  • Dissertation Publishing  
  • Dissertation Research Assistance   
  • Final Oral Review Scheduling   
  • Maximum Units Completed with Individual Faculty   

• Program-Specific Policies    

  • Academic Progress Requirements - School of Psychology Doctoral Programs & RCP   
  • Changing Degree Track - HOD  
  • First-Year Student Leaves of Absence - CLIN PSY  
  • Licensure - CLIN PSY  
  • Rewrite and Dismissal Policy: School of Psychology Doctoral Programs  
  • Students who Relocate Geographically - CLIN PSY  

• Progress to Degree Policies  

  • Degree Audit Adjustments  
  • Degree and Certificate Conferrals   
  • Graduation Ceremony Participation  
  • Satisfactory Academic Progress  
  • Time to Degree  

Student Rights and Responsibilities

• Behavior  

  • Academic Honesty  
  • Code of Conduct  
  • Faculty Academic Freedom   
  • Free Speech  
  • Involuntary Leave  
  • Research Ethics  
  • Student Initiative  
  • Substance Abuse  
  • Title IX/Sexual Harassment/VAWA Policy (links to policy document)
  • Truth in Information   
• Program-Specific Policies  
  • ​Addressing Problems in Professional Competency - Clinical Psychology/RCP   
  • APA Ethical Principles - Clinical Psychology/RCP    
  • Student Informal Complaints Procedure - EdD and IECD    
  • Student Informal Complaints Procedure - Clinical Psychology/RCP   
  • Timely Response: Expectations of School of Psychology Students     
• Rights  
  • Faculty and Staff Timely Response Policy  
  • FERPA: Student & Institutional Rights Regarding Public Information     
  • Intellectual Property   
  • Student Complaints and Grievances  
  • Student Files   
  • Student Lending Code of Conduct   
  • Students with Disabilities Policy   

• Technology  

  • Copyright Infringement and Peer-to-Peer File Sharing   
  • Electronic Network Access   
  • Email Accounts   
  • Qualtrics Terms of Use  
  • Technology Resources   
  • Zoom Recording Storage Limits   

Tuition Information and Policies

• Tuition Rates and Fees    

  • Payment Information  
  • Cost of Attendance for Financial Aid   
  • Doctoral Tuition Rates by Program  
  • Master’s Tuition Rates by Program   
  • Graduate Certificate Tuition and Fee Rates by Program   
  • Online Professional Development Tuition Rates by Program   
  • General Fees  
  • Finance Fees  
  • Graduation Fees  
  • Residential Session Attendance Fees    
  • Transcript Fees   

• Tuition Policies  

  • Continuing Education Program Discounts   
  • Final Tuition Payments for Doctoral/Postdoc Students   
  • Financial Aid Adjustments for Leaves   
  • Proofreading Charges   
  • Reduced Tuition for Advancement to Candidacy   
  • Student Account Refunds   
  • Tuition Delinquency  
  • Tuition Reduction During Clinical Internships   
  • Tuition/Fee Changes and Guarantees   

Safety and Regulatory Information

• Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act Information  
• The Clery Act  
• Campus Security Authorities and Crime Reporting  
• Guests and Visitors Policy  
• Vaccination (COVID-19) and Behavioral Accord (University Policy for Entry to Fielding In-Person Events/Work Sites)  
• Vaccination (COVID-19) Exemption Policy  
• Drug and Alcohol Abuse Policy and Prevention Plan  
• Other Institutional Information